From the Nobel Prize winner...the unadorned truth about the governor's daughter...seared by the fires of her desperate desires...tormented by the new-found emotions within her...

Sanctuary

1961·1h 30m5.4Drama

In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple, the daughter of the governor, pleads with her father to exonerate Nancy of the charges, explaining that Nancy acted in haste to prevent her from resuming her affair with a roguish Cajun called Candy Man. Details of Temple's sordid past are uncovered as she begs mercy for her faithful servant.

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CAST

Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Temple Drake

Yves Montand

Yves Montand

Candy Man

Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

Gowan Stevens

Harry Townes

Harry Townes

Ira Bobbitt

Odetta

Odetta

Nancy Mannigoe

Howard St. John

Howard St. John

Gov. Drake

Jean Carson

Jean Carson

Norma

Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw

Miss Reba

Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Dog Boy

?

William Mims

Lee

Marge Redmond

Marge Redmond

Flossie

?

Jean Bartel

Swede

?

Hope Du Bois

Mamie

?

Pamela Raymond

Cora

?

Dona Lorenson

Connie

?

Enid Jones

Jackie

?

Linden Chiles

Randy

Kim Hector

Kim Hector

Bucky Stevens

?

Voltaire Perkins

Judge

?

Robert Gothie

Gus